Toilet-brush.



No. 780,497. PATENIED JUNE 9, 1903.

' W. WALLACE I TOILET BRUSH. arrmcgrmn FILED FEB. 11. 1902.

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OFFICE.

VVILLY VVALLAOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOlLET-BRUSH.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,497, dated June 9, 1903.

Application filed February 11,1902. Serial No. 93.485. (Ho mtdel.) 7

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, WILLY VVALLACH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of myinvention is to provide simple, inexpensive, and effective means for constructing toilet and other brushes-with solid backs or open sanitary backs of any desired size or form and methods for securing therein bristles or other material used therefor.

Tooth and other toilet brushesare commonly made by inserting the bristles into perforated solid backs. Thus made it is quite impossible to keep them clean and free from microbes or these much-desired objects in the following in anner,referencebei ng had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,in which likeletters refer tolike parts.

Figure 1 shows a tooth-brush complete attached to section of handle 5 Fig. 2, cross-sections of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3, a flat strip of metal indented crosswise and perforated in center of each indentation; Fig. 4, a flat strip of metal perforated in center of strip and indented on one side only; Fig. 5, a flat strip of metal indented and perforated and then bent into and showing a U shape; Fig. 6, a fiat strip-of metal having arched indentations, the free ends of which terminate from either side at elongated perforations; Fig. 7, a flat strip of metal having a double row of arched indentations the open ends of which terminate, at the edge of the strip; and Fig. 8, a fiat strip of metal having serrated edges.

First. My invention consists of strips of metal or other suitable material, preferably fiat, of required thickness and width, perforated and indented, as shown in Fig. 3. A represents perforations; B, indentations. These strips are then formedby folding lengthwise into U shape. (See Fig. 5.) They may be of indefinite or of exact lengths. Into these shapes through the holes thebunched or tufted bristles are drawn, or set with the assistance of a wire or cord, and there fastened by closing together the sides of the shape, thus producing a tufted lineal brush, which may be divided into desired lengths and bent to assemble the tufts to form a brush of plain or fanciful shape. (See Fig. 1, and crosssection, 2). In Fig. 1 a tooth-brush is shown, the outside bars, which give configuration, being smooth, the indentations or bristle-receptacles being on the inside, while the inner bars have the receptacles on'either side.

The ends of the bars are confined by soldering or cementing them into the flattened end of a socket, the free end of the socket being open to receive the handle, as shown.

Second. My invention further consists of strips of metal or other suitable material of required thickness and width perforated with elongated holes A (see Fig. 6) and indented at right angles with the elongated openings N, which form a receptacle for the bristles. These strips are then folded into U shape, as before described.

fit into the indentations which form a recep Into the elongated holes the bristles are to be forced or tacle for them. The shape is then to be tightly closed within the prongs and curve of the staple, thus firmly holding the bristles and making it impossible for them to loosen or by any means be drawn out.

Third. My invention further consists of a strip of metal or other suitable material having indentations extending inward only a definite distance from either edge of the strip, so as to leave a blank space in the middle of the entire length of the strip between the opposing ends of the indentations. (See H in Fig. 7.) Thus prepared the strips are to be folded into U shape. Intothe shapes'the tufts of bristles in staple form are forced, with a suitable tool, through the open side. I Then tightly close the strip between the prongsof dering or cementing them in one end of a tubular form, the other end to serve as a socket to receive the handle. (See S in Fig. 1.)

It may be noticed that the novelty of. my invention and the principal features therein described embody the use of fiat strips of metal or other suitable material indented and wrought into shapes, as described and'shown, for receiving and retaining bristles and other material for the construction of many grades and shapes of brushes and cleaners, and that the use of such strips, when constructed substantially as described and shown, the bristles or other material can never escape from their confinement, and that the lineal brushes constructed as described are espe cially adapted for the construction of openback or sanitary brushes which will be eX- tremely light and admit of being thoroughly cleansed by briskly agitating them in a body of water or othercleansing fluid, and'that, without departing from the object and merits of my invention, the frame of the brush may first be constructed of the U-shaped strips and then the bristles or other material inserted therein. (See Fig. 1.)

Brushes made of flat strips of material as I have described are especially adapted to be used with water or other liquids by which the bristles or other material can never be loosened.

I deem it unnecessary to describe any especial method or devices for forming the strip, as very ordinary mechanical skill Will readily devise and adapt simple tools for that purpose and for setting bristles or other material therein.

The details necessary to finish and ornament the brush I leave entirely with those skilled in the art.

Having described and shown my invention and its many adaptations, I do not broadly claim an open-back brush, as such of many designs are well known. I am also aware that flat strips of metal in tubular form have been used in the construction of hair brushes but receiving brush material, and folded into U shapes, said shapes to be firmly closed to secure brush material inserted th erein, substantially as shown and described.

3. In the construction of toilet-brushes, fiat strips of metal provided with indentations arranged adjacent and transversely to the edge of the strips, said strips folded into U shape, the indentations forming recesses for brush material to be permanently secured therein by closing the shape, substantially as described and shown.

4. In the construction of toilet-brushes, flatstrips of metal provided with loop-shaped indentations B and folded into U shape, thus forming loop-shaped recesses to receive the brush material to be permanently secured therein by closing said shapes, substantially as shown and described.

5. In the construction of toilet-brushes, fiat strips of metal provided with loop-shaped indentations B, slots A, and folded together,

thereby forming recesses for the reception of brush material inserted through the slots, said material to be secured therein by closing said strips, substantially as described and shown.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 8th. day of February, A. D. 1902.

\VILLY \VALLACH.

lVitnesses:

W. J. ARMSTRONG, JNo. D. GLANGE. 

